Mr. Rohrabacher (for
himself, Mr. Gohmert, and
Mr. King of Iowa) submitted the
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign
Affairs

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that the
people of Baluchistan, currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and
Afghanistan, have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign
country.

Whereas the people of Baluchistan have maintained a proud
and distinctive national, cultural, and religious identity dating back to
ancient times;

Whereas in 1666, the Baluch Khanate of Kalat was founded
which functioned as an independent, sovereign country;

Whereas in the 19th century, the Baluch people were
conquered and divided by the imperialist expansion of Persia (Iran) and the
British Empire;

Whereas, on August 15, 1947, the Khan of Kalat declared
independence, only to have Baluch aspirations crushed by an invasion by
Pakistan in April 1948 followed by 2 years of a bloody campaign to stamp out
popular resistance;

Whereas revolts in 1958, 1973, and 2005 indicate continued
popular discontent against rule by Islamabad, and the plunder of its vast
natural wealth while Baluchistan remains the poorest province in
Pakistan;

Whereas a popular insurgency is also under way in
Sistan-Baluchistan and being met by brutal repression by the dictatorship in
Iran which has added religious bigotry to tyranny; and

Whereas it is the policy of the United States to oppose
aggression and the violation of human rights inherent in the subjugation of
national groups as currently being shown in Iran and Pakistan against the
aspirations of the Baluch people: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of Congress that the
people of Baluchistan, currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and
Afghanistan, have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign
country and they should be afforded the opportunity to choose their own status
among the community of nations, living in peace and harmony, without external
coercion.